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Monday, July 18, 2016

Project Suite for the Floral Boutique Product Suite

I've got to hurry up and get this post finished! As I write this the thunder is really rumbling and I'm worried that a big thunderstorm will knock out the power and I won't have my blog post finished in time, so full speed ahead. As promised on Friday, I worked all weekend on several projects using the Floral Boutique Suite of products and the Night of Navy, Whisper White and Silver palette and I'm super excited to share with you what I made. It almost makes up for the sad,sad day I had on Friday, one of the cards reflecting that tragedy. Here's a look at the Product Suite from the catalogue:

As I mentioned, Friday was a particularly sad day for me. It started out with the news that a little five year old girl from Alberta, who had been abducted after her mother had been murdered had also been found murdered. We had all been praying and hoping against hope that the police could find her alive and unhurt. Then came the news of the terrorist attack in Nice, France, But the worst news was that a dear friend and customer of mine for three or so years had passed away early Friday morning. She had been bravely fighting cancer for at least a year and a half, and her optimism and unbreakable spirit were awe-inspiring! She just wouldn't give up even though the prognosis was pretty grim! In fact, I would like to dedicate this post to Daphne, to her love of stamping, her creativity and her love and care for others. She was an inspiration to all of us! This card is made for her family and I wanted it to be the best I could make it:

I used Whisper White for the outer jacket, die cut using the Detailed Floral Thinlits. To do this you need to cut your cardstock in half at 4 1/4" x 11" and score at 3 1/2" and 9" on the 11" side. Then use the two thinlits along with the edgelit to die cut the design in both sides of the front.

This gift bag, using the Gift Bag Punch Board with the Floral Boutique DSP, was fairly straight forward, using the directions on the punch board itself for the bottom of the bag. Before assembling the bottom, I scored the top at 2" from the end and used the punch board to punch at either end of one of the wider panels. I then trimmed off all of the top at the score line except for this panel and this formed a flap which closed over the top of the bag and, when I used the other side of the punch to add centered holes, I was able to add some Silver Satin Ribbon to secure it.

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Heather, this is an absolutely stunning showcase of the product suite and shows your considerable talent in putting it together. Despite the sadness associated with some it it, it is uplifting and beautiful. Thank you for sharing it all.

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